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Principal Engineer, Product Validation

SiTime Corporation


Job Location:

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 148320 - 203940
Posted: 30 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 3 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About SiTime

SiTime is the Precision Timing company.

Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics ensuring performance resilience and scalability. For decades quartz devices non-silicon technology have kept systems in sync but they struggle in harsher more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy smaller size and resilience. Today MEMS timing powers over 400 applications including high-growth ones in AI datacenters automated driving industrial and humanoid robots wearables and IoT.

Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance smaller size lower power and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information visit:.

Job Summary

The Principal Product Validation Engineer will lead and contribute to productization of SiTimes revolutionary timing this highly visible role we are looking for passionate self-starters who can work cross-functionally to ensure system-level performance of our products and help solve the worlds toughest timing problems. It is not necessary to meet all job requirements to be a qualified candidate for the position.

Responsibilities:

  • Grow and lead a team of engineers responsible for validation characterization and release-toproduction of MEMS-based timing products.
  • Interface with cross-functional teams vendors and manage projects across different sites.
  • Plan and execute device verification and characterization.
  • Work with MEMS and circuit design teams to evaluate new silicon and recommend design improvements for enhanced performance.
  • Design develop and validate PCB test platforms and firmware to enable automated data acquisition & analysis.
  • Develop and transfer algorithms to final test and production environments.
  • Perform engineering failure analysis to root cause product issues.
  • Innovate and prototype system architectures and new technologies for next-generation products.


Qualifications & Requirments


  • MS or PhD in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Exceptional candidates with other backgrounds will be considered.
  • 10 years of experience in the productization of semiconductor sensor-based devices
  • Experience leading engineering project teams and creating and executing verification and characterization plans.
  • Strong fundamental knowledge of mixed signal circuits.
  • Hands-on experience with electronics lab instrumentation. Prior experience with metrology systems for evaluating timing parameters is preferred but not required.
  • Excellent programming skills and prior experience with MATLAB and/or Python.
  • Strong statistical analysis skills. Desired Characteristics & Attributes:
  • High level of self-motivation and drive to make an impact.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a highly collaborative fast-paced team environment.

Compensation Range:

At SiTime we believe great work deserves great rewards. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive compensation package designed to attract top talent.


The annual base salary range for this role is $148320.00 - $203940.00. The final offer is determined by factors such as location experience education and training.


In addition to base salary this role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to the achievement of innovation goalsreflecting our commitment to recognizing meaningful impact. We also offer equity grants providing a meaningful opportunity to share in the companys future growth and success.

Benefits offered: 401k plan health and wellness that includes medical dental vision life parental leave legal services and time off plans.


SiTime is anEqual Opportunity Employer. We treat each person fairly and we do not tolerate discrimination or harassment against anyone on the basis of any protected characteristics including race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability pregnancy political affiliation protected veteran status protected genetic information or marital status or other characteristics protected by law.SiTime participates in the E-Verify program.

Learn More about SiTime:Review theGet to Know SiTimesection of our career page to explore our culture values and what makes us unique.

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Required Experience:

Staff IC


About Company

SiTime is a leader in MEMS timing solutions, having shipped billions of units. Learn about our silicon MEMS oscillators, TCXOs, OCXOs, MEMS resonators, clock generators, jitter cleaners, clock timing, timing clock, sitm stock, and much more.

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